February 23, 2013

The editor lost in a San Francisco steamship disaster

It was on this day (February 23) in 1901 that newspapers reported Rounsevelle Wildman, former editor of the Overland Monthly, had been lost in the sinking of the steamship City of Rio de Janeiro off San Francisco the day before. Wildman had most recently served as the U.S. counsel general to Hong Kong. His wife and two children were also reported as among the 122 victims of the disaster, which occurred when the ship hit a rock in dense fog.